importVendors()

importVendors() – Import a manufacturers' file to the database or to an array

Synopsis

require_once 'Net/MAC.php';

mixedimportVendors (
string $file
, boolean $doReturn
= false
)

Description

This method will parse a manufacturers' file, such as the one from
http://anonsvn.wireshark.org/wireshark/trunk/manuf,
containing a list of MAC address prefix-to-vendor relationships.
If the $doReturn parameter is FALSE, then the data will be
imported into the database defined by the factory of this class.
However, if $doReturn is TRUE, then the return will be an
associative array with the key being the MAC address prefix
and the data being an associative array with the keys
'vendor' and 'description'.

Parameter

string$file
- The filename or
URL of the manufacturers' file to parse

string$doReturn
- If TRUE, an
array will be returned, if FALSE, the data will be
imported into the database.

Return value

mixed - If $doReturn is TRUE, the
method will return an array. Otherwise, the method will
return TRUE on success. A Net_MAC_Exception
Exception object will be thrown on failure in either case.

Note

This function can not be called
statically.

This method can throw exceptions on error, so the method should
always be called from inside a try/catch block.